One of the great things about running a website like this is that you start to build up a community of like-minded readers and commenters. Many of you are Christians and share the same concerns that I have and, in some way, feel part of what’s going on here. With that in mind I want […]

Last night, for the umpteenth time, the 1999 film “The Matrix” was on TV. I flicked over and found myself in the middle of the “Battery” scene which is embedded above. There are fields, endless fields, where human beings are no longer born. We are grown. For the longest time I wouldn’t believe it, and […]

One of the conversations carrying on in the Christian blog world at the moment is the dialogue over Matthew Vine’s “40 questions for Christians who oppose marriage equality“, which itself has flowed from the excellent “40 questions for Christians now waving rainbow flags“. There are a number of great responses to Matthew Vines, but of […]

Bishop Alan Wilson writes to his clergy to “clarify some of the issues they have raised”

I’ve been sent a copy of a letter that Bishop Alan Wilson has written in response to the growing crisis over his leadership in the Oxford Diocese. As I write this piece, I’m hearing of a number of parishes that even before the current crisis have refused to present candidates for confirmation by Wilson, insisting that […]

This morning not one but two prominent evangelical ministers in the Diocese of Oxford appeared on BBC radio to call for the resignation of Bishop Alan Wilson. First, Vaughan Roberts of St Ebbes Oxford, one of the largest churches in the diocese, appeared on BBC Radio Oxford. You can hear a brief grab from him here on […]

Do You Love Me? Putting the carriage before the horse in the same-sex marriage debate.

As Tevye, the central character of Fiddler on the Roof, considers the upheaval going on all around him (not least with his own daughters’ marriages) he turns to his wife and asks a simple, but penetrating question, Do you love me? It seems an absurd question to ask today. How could these two have even […]

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One of the great things about running a website like this is that you start to build up a community of like-minded readers and commenters. Many of you are Christians and share the same concerns that I have and, in some way, feel part of what’s going on here. With that in mind I want […]

Planned Parenthood – Baby Parts for Sale

Last night, for the umpteenth time, the 1999 film “The Matrix” was on TV. I flicked over and found myself in the middle of the “Battery” scene which is embedded above. There are fields, endless fields, where human beings are no longer born. We are grown. For the longest time I wouldn’t believe it, and […]

40 Questions, but only One Question is Needed

One of the conversations carrying on in the Christian blog world at the moment is the dialogue over Matthew Vine’s “40 questions for Christians who oppose marriage equality“, which itself has flowed from the excellent “40 questions for Christians now waving rainbow flags“. There are a number of great responses to Matthew Vines, but of […]

Bishop Alan Wilson writes to his clergy to “clarify some of the issues they have raised”

I’ve been sent a copy of a letter that Bishop Alan Wilson has written in response to the growing crisis over his leadership in the Oxford Diocese. As I write this piece, I’m hearing of a number of parishes that even before the current crisis have refused to present candidates for confirmation by Wilson, insisting that […]

This morning not one but two prominent evangelical ministers in the Diocese of Oxford appeared on BBC radio to call for the resignation of Bishop Alan Wilson. First, Vaughan Roberts of St Ebbes Oxford, one of the largest churches in the diocese, appeared on BBC Radio Oxford. You can hear a brief grab from him here on […]

Do You Love Me? Putting the carriage before the horse in the same-sex marriage debate.

As Tevye, the central character of Fiddler on the Roof, considers the upheaval going on all around him (not least with his own daughters’ marriages) he turns to his wife and asks a simple, but penetrating question, Do you love me? It seems an absurd question to ask today. How could these two have even […]

Announcements have been made this morning in both Sydney and Perth that the new dean of Sydney Cathedral is Kanishka Raffel, currently the Rector at St Matthew’s Shenton Park in Perth where his bio reads as follows: Kanishka was born in London to Sri Lankan parents and was raised as a Buddhist. While studying law at […]

Last Monday I attended the excellent Nexus Conference here in Sydney. As part of the livestream of events Dominic Steele arranged a whole host of “backstage” interviews for remote viewers to increase their sense of participation in things. Here’s my 8 minutes: The main session talks will all be available soon. Plenary addresses from Simon […]

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man. Bake me a cake as fast as you can; Pat it and shape it and mark it with “LGBTQIXYZ”, And bake it in the oven for my lawyer and me. The ridiculous gay wedding cake nonsense in Oregon has taken a decidely nasty turn, An Oregon administrative law judge recommended today that […]

Every so often I want to publish a list of free resources that are available. Some are recent, some I’ve had knocking around for a while but never got to posting up. ESV Global Study Bible. This is a great offer. Crossway Books has made their ESV Global Study Bible available free in eBook form (ePub […]

This year’s Sydney NEXUS Conference is rapidly approaching. Here’s how they describe what it’s all about: Nexus is a one-day evangelical ministry conference where fellow workers in the gospel can sharpen and help each other translate good theology into everyday ministry practice. This year our program focuses on the cross—specifically how the theology of the […]

ANZAC Day 2015 is a particularly poignant moment for Australia and New Zealand; 100 years since the ill-fated Gallipoli landings. It’s not uncommon to hear people observe that “ANZACism” has become something of a national religion. The increased numbers of young Australians travelling abroad in the 1980s led to more and more turning up on […]

Not sure how I dropped the ball on announcing this one. The Gospel Coalition Australia has launched. I’m looking forward to lots of locally-produced material put together and managed by a great editorial team. You might also recognise a face or two amongst the regular contributors 😉 My first piece, “ANZAC Day – Learning from […]

from GAFCON.org In all the media nonsense of the last few days about “breakaway provinces” and “splitting the Anglican Communion”, here’s an entirely predictable communiqué. Note, in particular, the insistence: We are not leaving the Anglican Communion. The members of our churches stand at the heart of the Communion, which is why we are committed to […]

a little snippet from last Sunday’s sermon on Luke 13:31-35 Luke 13:31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.” 32 He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today […]

I spent a wasted morning today at the local courthouse. For the last 18 months I’ve been supporting a man who has been making some really bad choices in life, but who life has also dealt a really poor hand of cards. At some point you just need to sit with someone as the consequences […]